You're Surrounded (First Update)

"Boom!"

The roar of over a thousand magic crystal cannons rang out at once, their overwhelming firepower barreling straight toward the enlarged wooden ship.

Seeing this, Mavis was about to cast a defensive spell, but Jerry raised a hand to stop her.

"You have a Shielding Spell on you. Let me handle it!"

Jerry merely swiped his hand, and a massive ring of fire immediately appeared before the wooden ship. Countless magic shells vanished after entering the fire ring, only to reappear above the isolated island moments later.

For Jerry, dealing with this kind of targeted magic was the easiest—he only needed to send it back along its original path.

The black wizards on the island watched as the magic shells rained down from above. Terrified, they hurriedly used their strongest defensive spells. Unfortunately, most of them were not very powerful, and a single volley of magic shells left them dead or severely wounded.

"Quick! Report to Lord Jellal! Powerful enemies are attacking the island—we might not be able to hold them off!"

After blocking the bombardment, one of the slightly stronger minor leaders looked at the approaching wooden ship and shouted at his subordinate beside him.

The subordinate immediately turned and sprinted toward the tall tower behind him in terror.

Meanwhile, Jellal, who was using a thought-projection clone at the Magic Council to deceive them into launching the Magic Council's Etherion at the Tower of Heaven, showed a trace of surprise upon hearing the sound of magic cannon fire outside.

Were Erza's companions really this bold? He had thought Natsu and the others would choose to sneak in, and he had even prepared "gifts" for them.

"Lord Jellal, this is bad! A huge ship has arrived outside! Every shell fired by our magic cannons was sent back, and many